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Several interesting facts can be deduced from the careful perusal 

 and comparison of these figures. 



First of all we note that the percentage increase of the number of 

 students has !)een by far greater in the College of Pharmacy than in 

 any other school of tlie University. Comparing the number of teach- 

 ers employed with the number of students taking courses, we find the 

 following : 



Teaching Number of 



Staff Students Ratio 



Columbia University 706 7.244 1:10.26 



Barnard College 93 618 i : 6.65 



Teachers College 186 1,684 i : 9.05 



College of Pharmacy 19 414 i :2i.79 



Translated into words, these figures mean that each teacher in the 

 College of Pharmacy must take care of twice as many students as the 

 teacher in Columbia University. It also means that one of the needs 

 of the College is an increase in its teaching staff, a necessity which 

 could be readily taken care of by an endowment fund. 



If one of the reasons why this College has not as yet been endowed 

 is that the necessities of the College have never been sufficiently im- 

 pressed upon the minds of wealthy graduates and philanthropists, the 

 writer will do his share along the lines of publicity. 



Other portions of the President's report of interest to graduates of 

 our school are: 



"The College of Pharmacy is not yet, but may soon be, overtaxed." 

 (This refers, of course, to the session 1912-13. This year the College 

 is taxed to its limit. Every available de.sk of the three laboratories is 

 occupied; the dispensing laboratory is overtaxed.) 



'"The College of Pharmacy continues to attract an increasing num- 

 ber of well-prepared students and to develop a steadily improving 

 programme of studies. The report of the Dean indicates the close 

 relationship which exists between the work of this College and the 

 pharmaceutical profession, and makes ])lain the progress which is 

 making toward the standardization of the higher degrees and courses 

 in Pharmacy. It is much to be hoped that in the not distant future 

 it may be possible for the Trustees of the College of Pharmacy to dis- 

 pose of their present site and building to advantage and remove to the 

 immediate neighborhood of the University. By such a step the mem- 

 bers of the Faculty of the College of Pharmacy would be brought 



